Teichiussa

Teichiussa

Teichiussa

Ancient Greek town

Teichiussa or Teichioussa (Ancient Greek: Τειχιοῦσσα and Τειχιόεσσα[1]) was a town of ancient Caria or of Ionia[2] in the territory of Miletus, and according to Thucydides and Stephanus of Byzantium, a possession of the latter city.[3][4] It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League.[5] During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartans struck at Iasos from here.[6][2]

Its site is located near Kazıklı, Asiatic Turkey.[7][8]

References

  1. [1]
    Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, § T611.17
  2. [2]
    Stillwell, Richard; MacDonald, William L.; McAllister, Marian Holland, eds. (1976). "Teichiussa". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press.
  3. [3]
    Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 8.26.
  4. [4]
    Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, § T611.17
  5. [5]
    Benjamin Dean Meritt; H. T. Wade-Gery; Malcolm Francis McGregor (1950). The Athenian Tribute Lists, Volume 3. Princeton, New Jersey. p. 253.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. [6]
    Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 8.28.
  7. [7]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  8. [8]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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